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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-16, Page 33Vogel) erenmals for color:bursts Use plants available •frpm tinry series, garden Shops, or friendly neighbors, SOWe perennials, such as peonies, frig and phlox, need little introduction, HoweVer, there are less common varieties'. of these traditional plants prefer '''adequately drained One. YQU may wont to improve the , "workability" of the soil, by adding or.ganic .matter,:suCh as compost or manure, Commercial fertilizers, high • • by BO fleming • Horticultural • • Research Institute Annual plants can provide instant bursts of color in home gardens, but peren, ninth can act as the backbone of 'the garden. from year to Research by the National "Garden Bureau-. indicates that . many beginning gar- denerS have only a hazy idea . of ,the mature size 'of Vegetable plants': Also, beginnerS often fail to. leave' sufficient •' sPaCe: between rows, • 'All it takes is • one suc- cessful garden to.Make .each sacceedingiVegetable garden a 'breeze,.Yet, first gardens are,more often than not. over , iy-large; ' crowded and poorly arranged with. tall plants in the' front and freqaently . harvested vegetables stack way in the back, ' 'Your 'next vegetable garden 'can he as pretty as a picture, sensibly arrenged and of a practical size, Use this National Garden Burean plan as a model and be. sure to: +Plant no ..more than You can-pare for with ease in four todix hours eachweek: +Select varieties that are adapted to your area. -f-,Plant at the season' rn recomended on seed paekets. +Allow plenty of spaac for plant's , to grow: ,thin ruthlessly. The., 300 sq. ft. National ,GAtilen Bureauls 20 x.15 ft., abeut the size of a one-car year. ' •_ Perennial plants "can' be used to create changing patterns throughout. the growing season, • Yell can- present many Striking seasonal 'displays with the many perennial !lowering garage, It is designed to accommodate la kinds of vegetables and will supply most of the fresh Vegetables deeded by 'a family of, three, It can be weeded, watered ' and harvested ',within an., average of two honis time each week. Seeds for this garden Will cost about $6.50 yet from it, you Can harvest $150 or more of delicious Vegetables, •• depending on the length .Of your gardening season. You might not Care for some of the vegetables shown in the Plan: Substitute others of comparable plant size. Seed ,packets and gardening books can adviSe you. Your County Co- operative Extension .Service offers .free bulletins on vegetable' gardening and lists of locally recommended varieties. Depending on the length of the gardening season in your area you can, plant "sue- cession crops - as soon as you have harvested the vegetables shown in this plan. Over manta -of the-- country, • leafy. salad vegetables, cabbage family members and root crops can be planted as succession crops as late as August for fall harvest. garden favoriteS. Single and • i s featliring large, showy,, flowers " can add- a new dimension to the ''well-known donble-fiewerecipetinies„ Not all iris ace tall bearded iris, The Japanese and Siberian. , iris are eqnally attractive and easy togrow. There are numerous easy- to-grow perennials :that flower 'in spring and. early, summer. Golden- Alyssum,: Aquilegia (columbine),, ,Shasta Daisy', .Or i en tal PopPy and Delphiniuni are jast a. few of the many perennials.in this group. flowering • epreranendniaaalsrly fallare flowering more difficult to , find; but just as ,easy ' to, , grow, Hollyheck, .and several forms of. the cainpanula, flower in early July. Coreopsis, Summer Phloi;' Day'-Lilies, Mon arda and . Lythrum (looSestrife) can add ' in- teresting splashes of color to any summer garden-For fall color, try Michaelmas Daisy (fall ester), Helenium, HibiScus . and. H. elianthus (sunflower). Most perennials grow reasonably well in average garden -soil. Good soil prepaiation, before planting, --ensures the best results. Good 'drainage is also im. Peftant: Some plants can adapt to moist conditions, but the majority of perennial in phosphorus ancIPOtash (O- lt-2,40r 540-20); encourage strong roots and .vigorous growth. Few of can expect to create :a true perennial ' garden. However, we can, .Tirst.,..utmetr • design au interesting, colorful, low-maintenance garden by using Some ,perennial plants .and adding some welk-selected annual plants for fill-in color next , spring. plant early ' Two 12ff, (QM.. &nth beins NOTEt plant tWe rows '6 trochee apart down the center. . Of the bed. Two rows lettuce interptehte6 with ,.. parsley six plaree'Swilacharcl with 171110f1 sets alOnOs(de.1 DIVIDE GARDEN INTO FIVE BEDS, EACH 2ft, WIDE, WI-11ft. WiDE vvA(Ks'BETweuN REPS Tlyge, plants summer squash (or bush type • winter squash or 15ft, . bUsh cucumbers) Six plants cabbage or broccoli . plant early Four plants peppers (or Iwo eggplant bushes} Two rows carrots mixed With radishes plant early 600 Series Tractor Buy any Sprint Rider ,or 600 Tractor and Save 100 Choose from five modele ... from 5- to 114-IP and with 26" to 36" deOks. 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